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RISClimatic Influences on Midwest Drought during the Twentieth Century
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Dustbowl Era drought in the 1930s was the principal Midwest drought of the twentieth century, occurring primarily in late spring?summer [April?August (AMJJA)] when >70% of annual rainfall normally occurred. Another ...
An Extended Pacific–North American Index from Upper-Air Historical Data Back to 1922
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper presents a reconstruction of a Pacific?North America (PNA) index from historical upper-level data for the period 1922?47. The data have been compiled from a number of sources and cover the Pacific?North American ...
Coupling of Extratropical Mesoscale Eddies in the Ocean to Westerly Winds in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The sea surface temperature (SST) signature in mesoscale eddies in the western boundary current extensions around the globe and in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current are found to alter the surface stress associated with ...
Diagnosing Heat and Vorticity Budgets of Annual Coupled Rossby Waves
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Annual coupled Rossby waves are generated at the west coast of Australia and propagate westward across the eastern Indian Ocean from 10° to 30°S in covarying sea level height (SLH), sea surface temperature (SST), and ...